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Epic in saltwater
« on: October 08, 2005, 02:13:32 am »
Anyone ever run one in saltwater? I live in Merritt Island, Fl and am very intrested in getting a Toyota. Does it have any kind of flush system? I cruise the river a lot and do a ton of boarding. What do you guys think?

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Re: Epic in saltwater
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2005, 02:47:13 am »
See this thread.

http://www.cyclone-cj.com/forum4/index.php?topic=409.0

The "search" option works as well....search "salt", etc...
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Re: Epic in saltwater
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2005, 15:54:02 pm »
Yes,  I have run  My Boat off Ft. Lauderdale as a dive boat with 3 people and gear, Now that is ballast. So you will need a fresh water kit on any salt water application . see Fla. Vdrive for sale.......It has Fresh water kit.

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Re: Epic in saltwater
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2005, 02:31:04 am »
I have lived here on the coast for a while and only used outboard engines in the saltwater. Are most inboard/inboard-outboard engines closed looped cooling? If not why are there so many used in the saltwater with no problems? I would think just getting a flush system would be fine. Unless most of these engines are not Aluminum. And does this matter?

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Re: Epic in saltwater
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2005, 03:55:39 am »
Toyota still sells a pretty reasonable custom closed loop system for the boat. Salt would eat an aluminum engine alive if you didn't use one.
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